Dramatic dance : an actor's approach to dance as a dramatic art /
"Dance is part of the art of theatre, a part which connects to movement, to communication, to improvisation, and to performance. It cannot exist on its own in the context of dramatic performance, but works in conjunction with other elements to enable meanings to be created in performance. Drama...
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London ; New York :
Bloomsbury Methuen Drama,
[2014]
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Table of Contents:
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- Chapter One: Alternative Approaches: Making Dance Dramatic; Chapter Two: Ancient Ideas: Dionysian Orchestration; Chapter Three: Medieval Realms: Feudal Formations; Video samples: [1] French Basse Danse: La Dame; [2] Royal Estampie: La Quinte Estampie Real; Chapter Four: Italian Balls: Renaissance Rhythms; Video samples: [3] Italian Bassadanza for 2: Alexandresca; [4] Italian Bassadanza for 3: Pellegrina; [5] Italian Ballo for 2: Rostibolly Gioioso; [6] Italian Ballo for 4: Anello; Chapter Five: Shaking with Shakespeare: Court and Country; Video samples: [7] New Almaine; [8] La Volta; [9] Italian Balletto: Torneo Amoroso; [10] Washerwomen's Branle; [11] Country Dance for 2 couples: Rufty Tufty; [12] Country Dance for 3 couples: Shepherds' Holiday; [13] Country Dance for 3 couples: Picking of Sticks; Chapter Six: Baroque Around the Clock: Mincing by the Minuet; Video Samples: [14] The Ballroom Minuet; [15] Bourre;e; Chapter Seven: Nineteenth Century Coupling: Partners Please; Video samples; [16] Allemanding; [17] Mazurka; [18] Polka; Chapter Eight: Twentieth Century Foxtrots: Crazy Dances and Dance Crazes; Video sample: [19] Charleston; Chapter Nine: Taking Leave: The Final Bow.